Mazu Kau Chim
Mazu Kau Chim Sign 39
Sign 39 of 100
The verse
我本慈帆大士身扶危救苦濟紅塵吉凶禍福雖前定善念一萌神鬼欽
In English
I am originally the Great One of the compassionate sail.I support the endangered, relieve suffering, and aid the mortal world.Though fortune, misfortune, blessing, and disaster may be set ahead,When one good thought sprouts, spirits and ghosts admire it.
The twelve aspects
A temple slip does not give one answer. The same four lines are read differently depending on what you came to ask about, and these are the twelve readings traditionally set down for this sign.
- Career and Recognition
- Virtue is the foundation; visible recognition has hope.
- Business
- Do not be greedy or competitive; guard it and it can be completed.
- Pregnancy and Children
- Legitimate descendants continue, relying on Buddhist support.
- Health
- Keep vegetarian discipline and recite the Buddha; pray for complete safety.
- Marriage
- Women admire chastity and integrity; men emulate talent and goodness.
- Travel
- After hardship, you return home satisfied.
- Household
- Good things follow affinity; disaster leaves and returns according to conduct.
- Wealth
- With a bright and open heart, what is sought can be obtained.
- Current Fortune
- Wealth is abundant, though fortune is ordinary.
- Lost Item
- Search diligently, and it will return.
- Farming
- Crops grow into shade; livestock greatly prosper.
- Legal Matters
- A benefactor has authority; every matter is greatly auspicious.